![]() ![]() Mac OS X, meanwhile, was truly designed for excellent security, thanks to its wonderful UNIX roots and clean architecture. In short, Windows is a house of cards that seems increasingly incapable of handling today's demands. Windows NT was designed in the pre-Internet days, and though the system's architecture is extensible, modern Windows versions are further hobbled by the inclusion of the buggy and insecure IE Web browser and other design mistakes. Microsoft claims that Windows XP and, by extension, Windows Vista, were architected for security, thanks to their NT roots. ![]() Whereas the features in the first part of the comparison where largely related to user interface issues, this time we're dealing more with the nitty-gritty of safety, connectivity, and productivity. In this second part of the comparison, we'll look a little deeper, and examine security, networking, and power management. The only questions are how much Vista will improve when compared to previous Windows versions, and whether it will be enough to keep customers from moving to OS X. Specifically, OS X will always be elegant, and Windows will almost certainly lag behind in the fit and finish department. Microsoft will iron out the details, I'm sure, but the end result will likely not change much. Vista, meanwhile, is all knees and elbows, an awkward teenager on its way to maturity. For the most part, OS X came out well ahead of Windows Vista, as you'd expect, since it's a polished finished product. ![]() In part one of my comparison of Windows Vista Beta 1 and Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," I looked at three key aspects of each system: Look and feel, desktop search, and data visualization and organization. ![]()
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